Tonight's assignment is a cross-word puzzle of vocab from Chapter 6 and 4 from Chapter 5. All but 4 of the words are vocab from Ch6. The 4 that aren't are 2 wordwall words, and the other two 2&3Down are on page 153 or 160. Crossword front side Crossword back side
More bell work today. Still covered 6-1. We finished some of the vidoe with aobut 5-8 minutes per class.
We did notes where they fill in the blanks. This is the paper. Tonight they are to finish the fill in the blanks. Today did a bell ringer about branches of government and what they do and their requirements. We also took a chapter 6 pretest In some classes we watched about 5 minutes of a video on the 3 branches and how they function. Will continue with that tomorrow for about 15-20 minutes. Tonight they are to READ CHAPTER 6 SECTION 1. Be ready to discuss that information tomorrow. Got their test back today. Most did well.
Tonight they are to write a paragraph or two on what it means to be an American. It is due tomorrow for points and discussion There Tonight is the first night of Parent/Teacher conferences. Hope to see you! INTERESTING FACT, ONLY 31 PEOPLE LOOKED AT MY SIGHT LAST NIGHT, YET THEY WERE ALL TOLD THAT THEY SHOULD STUDY THE REVIEW GAME.......BUT TODAY OVER 121 LOG-INS HAPPENED......INTERESTING.
Tonight's homework is a worksheet talking about being an American. They will be writing a short "speech" about what they see as different and the same as a person would in the 1700's. WORD WALL QUIZ ON FRIDAY TOOK A TEST TODAY. MOST DID REALLY WELL. THE FEW THAT DID NOT NEED TO RETAKE IT BY FRIDAY SO THERE IS NO FORGETTING OVER THE 2 WEEKS WE ARE OFF. VOCAB CHAPTER 5 FLASH CARDS 5-1 5-2 5-3 5-4 . These will help you study. We went over some realtionship questions today too. Here they are. The students were to come up with a realtionship deeper than just something on the surface. HISTORY DETECTIVE The flashcards will help with the defining of the terms or people. Study for the test. Chapter 5 Test Wed. Today we went over Federalist and Anti Federalist info again, did a map in class, discussed (with some classes) Federalist Paper #15. Here are some photos of 3rd block discussing their homework from last night. here is a link to the practice test for chapter 5 that is due on monday. TestIn class we did a bell ringer activity that focused on the vocabulary for section 4 of chapter 5. We then watched a 2 mintue video giving a quick talk about Federalists and Anti-Federalists. We then did a worksheet dealing with the same. Tonight we are to do the very short writing assignment at the bottom of the back side of the above mentioned worksheet. Happy October! We have been viewing a video called "A More Perfect Union". Great insight into the Constitutional Convention.
Hope to see some of you at Parent Teacher Conf night on Oct 9 and 10 |
AuthorMr. Parkhurst 8th Grade US History Teacher at CPMS Categories |
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